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Judgment day has arrived for the infamous Ferguson Police department of Missouri. After the Department of Justice announced yesterday that Ferguson police were guilty of…

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A Justice Department investigation launched amid allegations the Ferguson, Mo. police department grossly violated civil rights isn’t complete, but according to officials, the report is…

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Nearly three years after Trayvon Martin murdered by George Zimmerman, the Justice Department announced it decided not to pursue federal charges against the former neighborhood watch volunteer. Attorney General Eric Holder…

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The New York Times is reporting that Justice Department lawyers will recommend that no federal Civil Rights charges be filed against former Ferguson police officer…

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  After a grand jury decided not to indict former Ferguson, Mo. police officer Darren Wilson in the death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, many hoped…

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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson says he does not trust the state attorney general’s office to conduct a transparent investigation into the shooting death of unarmed…

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Following the murders of Michael Brown and Eric Garner—both at the hands of the police—law enforcement officials and their practices for policing black communities have…

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The Department of Justice has announced a new set of  rules to help curb racial profiling by federal law enforcement officials. These guidelines instruct federal law…

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Did you know that at least 20 states have sentencing policies that allow them to determine the severity of a criminal sentence based on factors…

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Attorney General Eric Holder and the U.S. Department of Justice released reports regarding accomplishments in various areas of the department. On Monday, the DOJ’s Civil…

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Attorney General Eric Holder was hospitalized Thursday morning. The U.S. Department of Justice’s director of Public Affairs, Brian Fallon, released the following statement on the…

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Late Monday night, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it will open an investigation into the murder of Trayvon Martin. After the Sanford Police Department lied to Trayvon’s family and said that his killer George Zimmerman had no criminal record, they said they felt betrayed by authorities. When the horrifying and heartbreaking 911 tapes […]